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John Jarvie Historic Ranch
The John Jarvie Historic Ranch District, in the Utah portion of Brown's Park, is a historic district (United States), historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is located at Green River (Colorado River tributary), Green River and Indian Crossing Bridge east of Dutch John, Utah. The listing included six contributing buildings, five contributing structures, and five contributing objects on . It was maintained by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as an interpretive site by 1983, With and in 2019 remains open to the public. According to the BLM, the public is invited to:Explore where the wild west is still wild, where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid hid out from the long arms of the law, where traders made a mint, and where a business complemented the turn-of-the-century frontier life in Brown's Park. / In 1880, John Jarvie, a Scotsman built a ranch along the Green River to offer store goods to those that lived or traveled in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown's Park
Brown's Park or Browns Park, originally called Brown's Hole, is an isolated mountain valley along the Green River in Moffat County, Colorado and Daggett County, Utah in the United States. The valley begins in far eastern Utah, approximately downstream from Flaming Gorge Dam, and follows the river downstream into Colorado, ending at the Gates of Lodore in Dinosaur National Monument. Known as a haven for outlaws such as Butch Cassidy and Tom Horn during the late 19th century and the early 20th century, it is now the location of the Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge. It was also the birthplace of Ann Bassett. She and her sister Josie Bassett, were considered female outlaws and girlfriends to several of Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang. It is the location of John Jarvie Historic Ranch, where, in 1880, Scotsman John Jarvie built a ranch along the Green River. History According to Robert Redford, The earliest-known reference to Brown's Park was made in 1650 in the writings of Father Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
